March 18, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at the determinants of socioemotional and behavioral well-being among First Nations children living off-reserve in Canada. “Our study focused on positive health outcomes among young First Nations children,” study author Sawayra Owais told us. “Specifically, we examined Indigenous and non-Indigenous-specific determinants associated with positive well-being among First Nations children living off-reserve in Canada.”
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March 11, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at mother–child collaboration in an Indigenous community. “Changes in family life related to globalization may include reduction in the collaborativeness observed in many Indigenous American communities,” study author Barbara Rogoff told us. “The present study examined longitudinal changes and continuities in collaboration in a Guatemalan Maya community experiencing rapid globalization.”
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March 4, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in JAMA Network Open looked at mental health disparities by sexual orientation and gender identity in the All of Us Research Program. “Our study examined mental health disparities between sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals and their cisgender heterosexual peers using data from the All of Us Research Program,” study author Junjie Anderson Lu told us.
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February 28, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
There have been two mid air collisions and 94 aviation incidents so far in 2025. A passenger jet colliding with a helicopter in Washington DC and a Delta plane flipping at Toronto airport are just some of the aviation disasters making headlines.
Experts say the news could be troubling for those with flight anxiety, but there are strategies that can help.
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February 27, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
Having a job over 50 for those who want one can boost overall wellbeing.
The University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging found that more than two thirds of people who work after 50 say it helps their physical and mental health.
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February 25, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in Nursing in Critical Care looked at building evidence-based interventions to improve staff well-being in paediatric critical care using the behaviour change wheel. “The study aimed to explore what wellbeing means to staff who work in paediatric intensive care settings,” study author Rachel Shaw told us. “We wanted to explore what challenged their wellbeing and what might help to improve it. After that, we planned to develop interventions that would help staff to prioritize and even improve their wellbeing at work.”
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February 18, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in PubMed looked at guided self-help versus group treatment for children with obesity. “This study compares the intensive group-based treatment for children with obesity, called family-based treatment, with a guided self-help version which is delivered to the parent /child dyad,” study author Kerri Boutelle told us. “We were interested whether the guided self-help version would provide similar weight losses to the intensive family-based treatment.”
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February 11, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in PubMed looked at the associated risk and resilience factors of Alzheimer's disease in women with early bilateral oophorectomy. “The study is about risk and resilience factors related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in women,” study author Noelia Calvo told us. “Epidemiologic data show that AD is more prevalent in women than in men, but we do not know why."
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February 4, 2025
by Patricia Tomasi
A new study published in PNAS looked at how expert navigators deploy rational complexity–based decision precaching for large-scale real-world planning. “Our study is about the intricate planning processes of London taxi drivers, who are renowned for their exceptional knowledge of the city's layout,” study author Daniel C. McNamee told us. “We aimed to uncover how these expert navigators manage the complex task of route planning across more than 26,000 streets in London.”
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January 31, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
More than 18 thousand structures were destroyed and 29 people killed in the Eaton and Palisades fires in southern California.
Whilst the fires burned for 24 days, the recovery efforts are just beginning and experts say the mental health impacts could be long lasting.
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